Smartphone cameras can reconstruct faces, combine exposures and insert the photographer into the picture. Yet my Pixel cannot let me choose the familiar 3:2 format when shooting. While reviewers inspect brickwork for evidence of photographic genius, I spend my evenings cropping every single image. Apparently, artificial intelligence still requires considerable manual labour.
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Dear Google, Make It Turn Before You Make It Glow
Google’s next Pixel may arrive with more artificial intelligence, more clever tricks and perhaps even Pixel Glow. Wonderful. Meanwhile, the phone still struggles with the primitive task of rotating its screen when turned. After years of Pixels, stuck apps, failed auto-rotation and dubious water resistance, the basics remain embarrassingly unfinished.
🔴 HiFi on a Budget: The Red Pill
The Final Step of the HiFi Reality Series So… you’ve made it this far. You’ve survived How to Build the Perfect HiFi System (Without Losing Your Mind), breezed through HiFi on a Budget for Dummies, and maybe even swallowed The…
Google Pixel 10: The Phone that Pretends to Charge
Congratulations, Google. You’ve done it again! You’ve managed to take something as basic, as universally expected, as charging a phone, and turn it into a magic trick worthy of Vegas. The Pixel 10 Pro doesn’t just charge slowly. Oh no,…
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Google’s indifference to fraud: The path to true evilness
In the early days of Google, the motto "Don't be Evil" was more than just a phrase - it was a promise to users, the world and to itself. This motto, which was intended to create an ethical foundation for…
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Finally Killed
It finally happened. GooglePlus (aka Google+, aka G+) is history. Like so many great products before, it was thrown on the Graveyard of dead services, eliminated by Google. I am not sad. Without Google's decision to close down the platform…
My car is a DeLorean!
While I commuted to work this morning, my Android phone was asking to perform a system update. When I checked a few minutes later, I was totally amazed: My car must have made a leap in time! I started on…
Music streaming: Google’s next failure
I am using streaming services for over 10 years. Well, most of us do, considering that YouTube was founded already back in 2005. While many of you just looked at some funny video clips in the beginning, I've put on…
Google’s problem is not inspiration
Today I stumbled across an article that caused deep wrinkles on my forehead. It's a praise-hymn on Google's culture of inspiration: Just click on image to read the article Please do not get me wrong: I totally agree, that a corporate…
I need Bundles!
Dear Matthew Izatt I do understand, that it is necessary to consolidate products. Especially for Google, where overlapping products are like a plague. But, please... P L E A S E : Don't kill a product, without bringing over its…
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